Book Database is a small Node.js web app I created as an example for my Getting to Grips with Databases: Developing Your First Data-Driven Node.js Web App tutorial.
It teaches developers (who have never worked with databases before) how to add, modify and delete entries in a MongoDB collection (stored in a local MongoDB database) using a front-end form in a Node.js web app.
I also used it as an opportunity to learn the updated syntax for the MongoDB Node.js module as previously I'd only used a 2.0 version.
Continuing the book example in Part 1, the web app displays three forms: add, delete and modify. Users can type in a book's name and/or genre and then view a table of the updated database entries. CSS from CSSTricks is used to nicely style the table and I used Flexbox and CSS Variables for the layout and colours.
Want to take a look at Book Database? Clone the repo using git clone https://github.com/louisefindlay23/bookdatabase and then run npm install in the terminal. Once all the required modules have been installed, create a local MongoDB database and and collection. Update server.js accordingly to the name of your database and collection. Finally, run npm start and go to localhost:8080 in your browser.
Need a helping hand? Check out Part 1 and my guide to getting started with Node.js.